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26-year-old Timothy Nathan Minton of Millers Creek was arrested last Tuesday (November 28) by Alexander County Sheriff's Officers. He's charged with felony counts of possession of controlled substance, the specific drug is unspecified, and maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for controlled substances. Minton was placed in jail under $20,000 secured bond. A court appearance is scheduled for next Monday, December 11.

34-year-old Abel Redmond of Statesville was arrested last Wednesday (November 29) by Alexander County Sheriff's Officers on charges filed in Iredell County. He's charged with felony counts of possession of stolen goods or property and obtaining property under false pretenses. Redmond was placed in jail under a $12,000 secured bond. He's scheduled to appear in Iredell County District Court December 20.

18-year-old Casey Dillon Tackett of Statesville was arrested last Friday (December 1) by Alexander County Sheriff's Officers. He's charged with two counts of felony indecent liberties with a child and one count of felony statutory sex offense with a child by an adult. Tackett was placed in jail under $500,000 secured bond. He was scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday (December 4), his next District Court appearance is scheduled for December 18.

41-year-old Aimee Jo Cook, who is listed as a homeless person from Maiden, was arrested Monday (December 4) by Conover Police Officers. She’s charged with possession of methamphetamine, simple possession of schedule II controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Cook was detained in the Catawba County Detention Facility under $2,500 bond. A District Court appearance was scheduled for today (December 5).

40-year-old Richard Patrick Connor of Edna Street in Catawba was arrested today (December 4) by Catawba County Sheriff's Officers. He's charged with felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a government official and flee to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, along with misdemeanor counts of driving while license revoked, reckless driving to endanger, open container, and fail to burn headlamps. Connor was placed in the Catawba County Detention Facility under $9,000 bond. A District Court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday (December 5).

50-year-old Tamera Lynn Powell of Rollins Park Drive in Connelly Springs was arrested by Hickory Police early Sunday morning (December 3) on one felony count of possession of cocaine and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

She was arrested after Hickory Police responded to the Telco Credit Union on Highway 70 S.W. to perform a health check. Officers saw a female passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle near the A.T.M. During the incident, Police found 0.1 grams of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia.

Powell was taken into custody without incident and placed in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility under a $1,000 secured bond. She was scheduled to make a first appearance in District Court today in Newton.

25-year-old Tiffani Brooke Whitson of County Home Road in Conover was arrested by Hickory Police at about 10:40 Saturday morning (December 2) on three felony counts of larceny by servant or other employee.

She was arrested after Hickory Police responded to a reported larceny by employee at the Target store on Catawba Valley Boulevard S.E. The employee, Tiffani Whitson, was stopped by Loss Prevention Officers after she allegedly concealed items and attempted to leave the store.

Whitson was taken into custody without incident at the store. She was placed in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility with bond set at $2,000, secured. She has since been released. An appearance in District Court was scheduled today in Newton.

34-year-old Tony Lee of 1st Avenue S.W. in Hickory was arrested at about 5:50 p.m. yesterday (December 3) on one felony count for the manufacture or possession of a weapon of mass destruction, carrying a concealed gun and possession of marijuana up to half an ounce. He was also served with failure to appear warrants for a felony probation violation, driving while license revoked, presenting false identification, no insurance on a vehicle and fictitious or altered title, registration card or tag.

He was arrested after Hickory Police followed a suspicious vehicle into the Quail Run condos on 21st Avenue N.W. Officers identified the driver as Tony Lee. During the incident, Police found 0.7 grams of marijuana; drug paraphernalia a shotgun and shotgun shells.

Lee was taken into custody without incident and placed in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility under a $37,250 secured bond. He was scheduled to make a first appearance in District Court today in Newton.

22-year-old Destiny Marie Cozart of Lady Bug Lane in Lenoir was arrested Saturday (December 2) by Caldwell County Sheriff's Officers. She's charged with felony probation violation and failure to appear on a count of misdemeanor larceny. Cozart was detained in the Caldwell County Detention Center under $26,000 secured bond. A Superior Court appearance is scheduled for January 2, a District Court date is set for January 18.

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The election of officers is on the agenda for a pair of local boards scheduled to meet today (December 4) in regular session.

The Catawba County Board of Commissioners meets this morning at 9:30 in the Robert E. Hibbitts Meeting Room at the 1924 Courthouse in Newton. Among the items on today's agenda, the organizational meeting which includes the election of a chair and vice chair along with organizational appointments. There are also three departmental reports on the agenda. The presentations will be given by the Finance and Tax Departments along with Catawba County Schools.

The Caldwell County Board of Commissioners meets in regular session at 6 p.m. in the City/County Meeting Room at the Alden E. Starnes Administration Building in Lenoir. Election of officers is on the agenda, along with multiple items for decision. Those include the presentation and approval of the Fiscal Year 2016/2017 Audit, and the approval of the 2018 meeting schedule.

43-year-old Howard Lesley Redmon of 3rd Street Drive NE in Hickory was arrested Sunday (December 3) by Catawba County Sheriff's Officers. He's charged with four counts of habitual larceny, two counts of felony probation violation, and single counts of flee to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, hit and run, leave the scene with property damage, reckless driving with wanton disregard, and failure to pay cab fare.

Redmon was detained in the Catawba County Detention Facility under $47,800 total bond. District and Superior Court appearances were scheduled for today (December 4), and an additional District Court date is set for January 18.

47-year-old Charles Lynn Bentley of Sigmon Drive in Granite Falls was arrested Sunday (December 3) by Caldwell County Sheriff's Officers. He's charged with eight counts of failure to appear on charges including carrying a concealed weapon, larceny, possession of stolen goods, driving while license revoked, breaking or entering, assault inflicting serious injury, communicating threats, first degree trespassing, resisting a public officer, and misdemeanor drug offenses. Bentley was jailed in the Caldwell County Detention Center under $41,000 secured bond. A District Court appearance is scheduled for January 9.

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